Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Ms Moyagh Murdock:
It is a fair point. Our primary goal with the new legislation is to raise awareness and try to communicate this message in an intelligent manner so people can easily absorb it. There will be different messages for different sections of the community, such as the elderly taking prescription medication and the young thinking they are not taking a chance with whatever social activity they get up to. There will be a varied media campaign throughout this and not just a one-off. We will use various social media avenues, including Facebook and Twitter. We will use our education service, with road safety officers visiting community centres. We will also work with our partners, including Professor Cusack and Des O'Neill, and the medical profession so doctors know how to advise patients taking new medication on whether they can drive, whether it can be combined with alcohol and what are the exponential effects mentioned by Mr. Naughton, such as being tired.
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